Following Jesus

Imagine walking into a grocery store, and as you walk down the chips aisle, you suddenly see a kid throw himself to the ground […]

Years ago, my wife became friends with Jenna.* While LeAnn is a bit of an extrovert, I suspect Jenna would have made my wife […]

The twelve young men Jesus chose to be his first cohort of disciples weren’t exactly the cream of the crop. They were just ordinary […]

Years ago, I had the opportunity to meet Jim. Jim was the leader of a college ministry. But Jim wasn’t an average leader. When […]

For the conclusion of our One Body series, we look at how the members of a church are not just to be united, but actually connected to one another.

Humans tend to ostracize individuals who are socially awkward or different than them. But in Christ’s Body (the Church), it should be the opposite!

If each different spiritual gift has been intentionally designed, that leads us to the logical conclusion found in this week’s post: your gift is needed!

We take a one-week break from our “One Body” blog series to pray for the United States of America on this Independence Day of 2024.

To be part of “one body,” a Christ-follower must realize that he or she and everyone in the church has been thoughtfully fashioned for a purpose.

Humans often prefer to be around people who are like them. But for the Body of Christ (the Church) to be what God desires it to be, then differences are to be expected and celebrated.

For a church to be healthy, the members of it must hold to this one thing…

As we begin a new series on the topic of “membership” (being part of a church family), we set the foundation for the series with a discussion about love.